Good Old Rift

Let me tell you about a man named Rift. Yes his real name is Rift. To be exact his name is Rift Fournier. He got his named from his mother, after her and his dad rifted around trying to come up with a name. His dad wanted to name him a jr. and his mother was very against it. At birth Rift was born a Jr., but after being baptized his mother legally changed his name to Rift. At the age of 16, Rift got Polio, which confined him to a wheelchair but did not stop him from adventuring out into the world. It seems that Rift has been all over the world and back and had worked everywhere possible. He has been to New York and California where he went to school to become a writer. Later he changed his mind and went to law school, which later on decided was also not for him. He worked at places like a morgue, which he ran, and then worked at a jail. With all of his experiences he then went into writing. He first wrote just wrote jokes and then became a dramatist in New York. He then went to a television station in Omaha, Nebraska. He has written a bunch of children series and wrote some dramas and documentaries. He also wrote scenes for the hit television show NYPD Blue. He won the 1973 Peabody Award for all of his hard work. Since he wanted to teach and shape the minds of future writers, he now teaches at Lindenwood University. His main advice that he gave to us was to READ! If we don’t read we will not make it. He said that creative people steal. Not steal literally, but when people read they come up with great ideas. I really enjoyed listening to Rift talk about something he was so passionate about. It was a real eye opener.